Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#5901
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Billy Slaughter works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Billy Slaughter appears in 40 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Billy. The Big Short is the clearest case: a film rated 7.5 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for horror, thriller, drama. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Michael Tiddes, George Tillman Jr., Olivia Newman and others, Billy Slaughter helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
The Big Short (2015) as Real Estate Agent · Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) as Social Services Officer · Richard Jewell (2019) as Tim Barker
Career snapshot
Ranked #5901 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
40
2006–2025
Career length
19 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
7.5
The Big Short
Average Nutevio score
6.3
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
7.6
Big George Foreman
Most frequent director
Jay Roach
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Jay Roach
Most common genre
Drama
21 titles
Average runtime
1h 48m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.8
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.3
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2010s
6.4 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. Richard Jewell, Eat Brains Love, Billionaire Boys Club — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
6.4
Across 25 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
6.3
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2000s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. 12 Rounds, Click.
Most productive era
2010s
25 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.51 film | 6.612 films | 5.88 films |
| Action | 6.11 film | 6.410 films | — |
| Thriller | 6.11 film | 6.48 films | 6.53 films |
| Comedy | 6.51 film | 6.58 films | 5.05 films |
| Crime | 6.11 film | 6.66 films | 6.31 film |
| Romance | — | 6.52 films | 7.41 film |
| Horror | — | 6.02 films | 6.53 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2006Click
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Newman Employee (uncredited).
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2015The Big Short
7.5 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
The current state of the argument, as Tony.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
40 of 40 films
as Real Estate Agent
Directed by Adam McKay
as Social Services Officer
Directed by Olivia Newman
as Tim Barker
Directed by Clint Eastwood
as Kurt Gaines
Directed by George Tillman Jr.
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Real Estate Agent
The Big Short (2015)
Performance score7.3
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Real Estate Agent gives Billy Slaughter a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Social Services Officer
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Performance score7.2
Where the Crawdads Sing asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Social Services Officer is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Tim Barker
Richard Jewell (2019)
Performance score7.2
Richard Jewell asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Tim Barker is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Kurt Gaines
Big George Foreman (2023)
Performance score7.1
Big George Foreman asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Kurt Gaines is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Real Estate Agent
Start here. The Big Short is the clearest statement of what Billy Slaughter does — accessible, 131 minutes, and rated 7.5 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Billy at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Trumbo (2015)
Keeps the drama register of The Big Short but asks for a colder reading of it.
Richard Jewell (2019)
Keeps the drama register of Trumbo but asks for a colder reading of it.
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Keeps the drama register of Richard Jewell but asks for a colder reading of it.
Big George Foreman (2023)
Keeps the drama register of Where the Crawdads Sing but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Jay Roach
Director
2 films together
Notably Trumbo
Frank Coraci
Director
1 film together
Notably Click
Renny Harlin
Director
1 film together
Notably 12 Rounds
Gil Junger
Director
1 film together
Notably Beauty & the Briefcase
Taylor Hackford
Director
1 film together
Notably Parker
Gary Fleder
Director
1 film together
Notably Homefront
Zal Batmanglij
Director
1 film together
Notably The East
Thomas Carter
Director
1 film together
Notably When the Game Stands Tall
Glenn Ficarra
Director
1 film together
Notably Focus
Nima Nourizadeh
Director
1 film together
Notably American Ultra
Adam McKay
Director
1 film together
Notably The Big Short
Stewart Hendler
Director
1 film together
Notably Max Steel
Jon Lucas
Director
1 film together
Notably Bad Moms
Edward Zwick
Director
1 film together
Notably Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Antoine Fuqua
Director
1 film together
Notably The Magnificent Seven
Dean Devlin
Director
1 film together
Notably Geostorm
Rodman Flender
Director
1 film together
Notably Eat Brains Love
Clint Eastwood
Director
1 film together
Notably Richard Jewell
Dean Parisot
Director
1 film together
Notably Bill & Ted Face the Music
Paul Schrader
Director
1 film together
Notably The Card Counter
Olivia Newman
Director
1 film together
Notably Where the Crawdads Sing
George Tillman Jr.
Director
1 film together
Notably Big George Foreman
Michael Tiddes
Director
1 film together
Notably Half Baked: Totally High
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Jay Roach
Director
2 films together · 6.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
TrumboAdam McKay
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Big ShortOlivia Newman
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Where the Crawdads SingClint Eastwood
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Richard JewellGeorge Tillman Jr.
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Big George ForemanGlenn Ficarra
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
FocusGary Fleder
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
HomefrontAntoine Fuqua
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Magnificent SevenJon Lucas
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Bad MomsThomas Carter
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
When the Game Stands TallZal Batmanglij
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The EastFrank Coraci
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ClickMichael Tiddes
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Half Baked: Totally HighPaul Schrader
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Card CounterDean Devlin
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
GeostormEdward Zwick
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Jack Reacher: Never Go BackNima Nourizadeh
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
American UltraTaylor Hackford
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ParkerDean Parisot
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Bill & Ted Face the MusicGil Junger
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Beauty & the BriefcaseRenny Harlin
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
12 RoundsStewart Hendler
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Max SteelRodman Flender
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Eat Brains LoveSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
The Big Short
as Real Estate Agent
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Social Services Officer
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
The Big Short
as Real Estate Agent
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
When the Game Stands Tall
as Hip Sports Reporter
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
The Big Short
as Real Estate Agent
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Billy Slaughter has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
21 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Where the Crawdads Sing
as Social Services Officer
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Homefront
as DEA Agent #2
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Nickel Boys
as Dr. Cooke
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Ravine
as Kevin Turner
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
The Magnificent Seven
as Josiah
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Magnificent Seven
as Josiah
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Focus
as Passing Thief
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Eat Brains Love
as Yuppy Taligator Dick
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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